in the 1960s a little girl was adopted to george and amy motley. one of 14 kids. the mother discovered she was dying of cancer and asked the neighbors if she would consider adopting one of her 14. how you choose dislikes one of 14 i have the slightest idea. but they chose her. they thought perhaps if nurtured and trained she might really thrown aspirations. so little barbara perry bega bee barbara. at age 19 she gave birth to a bundle of on form possibility, that's me. and george and amy motley decided to embrace her all the more but to embrace this child in the hopes and aspirations of all these people became manifested in their dreams and hopes for this baby. the three great desires. one that this child could realize that he was no less than the trees and the stars he had a right to be here and he was created by god who with all things here on earth the second desires i would realize i was part of a community, something much larger than the motley household. but i was also part of this great country. the last great desire was i would have the opportunity that on

[laughter] >> and george and amy motley decided not to embrace her all the more but embrace the child and the hopes and aspirations of the people in the community became manifested in their dreams and hopes for this little baby, they had three great desires, one that this little child could realize that he was no less than the trees and the stars, he had a right to be here and that he was created by a god who second desire that i would realize that i was part of community, member of madison park community and with that i came with responsibilities and also a citizen of this great country and the last great desire for me was that i had the opportunity of enlightenment that only an education can provide and so everywhere they went they made it known to neighbors and friends that we have a little boy that we want to get a education, we want to go to college. my grandmother could meet a guy at grocery stores and he could have a university of wisconsin sweatshirt and she would say, did you go to university of wisconsin, could you go talk to him, man, i did not go to college, i don't have t

my story intersects because in the 1960s a little girl was adopted by george amy motley. the mother discovered she is dying of cancer and asked the neighbors if she would consider adopting one of her children and how do you choose to select one of 14, i have the slightest idea but they chose her. she became barbara and molly. she was nine years old. she gave birth to a window of unformed possibility. that's me. she decided not only to embrace her all the more but to embrace this child. they had three great desires that this little child could realize he was no less. [inaudible] he had a right to be here and was created by god. the second desire was that they would realize i was part of a community, something larger than the motley household, a member of the madison park community and with that came rights and responsibilities and i was also a citizen of this great country. the last great desire for me was that i might have the opportunity of enlightenment that only an education could provide. and so, everywhere they were they made it known to neighbors and friends that we